Kanji1 / 4
中 kanji
in, inside, middle, mean, center
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
チュウ
Kun readings
なかうちあたる
Words with 中
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —中三highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)
- —薬中drug addiction; drug addict; junkie
- —同中student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school
- —壷中inside a jar; coward; timid person
- —中三third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
- —中盛medium-sized portion; normal serving
- —中食lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party
- —御話中busy (phone)
- —１日中all day long; all the day; throughout the day
- —１年中all year round
- —うち中whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain; clan
- —いえ中whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain; clan
- —御中元mid-year gift; summer gift
- —取込中in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
- —暑中伺summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
- —折中案compromise proposal
- —中テンmiddle point; median point; middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
- —１晩中all night long; all through the night
- —白中夢daydream; waking dream
- —中とろmedium-fatty tuna